Hennepin Happenings
News & Events @ Hennepin Avenue UMC
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Pre-Concert Talk: Lenten Reflections
April 7, 11:30am in the Art Gallery
Join Director of Music & Fine Arts Mark Squire for a pre-concert talk previewing music being performed on Palm Sunday, April 14, at the Lenten Reflections Concert. What should you listen for? What's behind this beautiful and contemplative music? What might you experience as the Sanctuary Choir, soloists and orchestra perform Gabriel Faure's Requiem, and music by Arvo Part? All are welcome to this informative 45-minute presentation.
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Adulting 101
Cut Out the Chaos: Work/Life Balance
April 7, 1pm in the Longfellow Room
Running all day? Overbooked? Forgetting where you were driving to? In spite of feeling "out of control" with your work/life balance, there are ways to seize control and find breathing room. Join consultant and coach Bill Lewis to explore the dilemma of a fast-paced life and discover tools to bring you some peace. RSVPs are not necessary but helpful. RSVP to Rev. Nate Melcher at nate@haumc.org.
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In Recital: Leslie Shank & Timothy Lovelace
April 7, 3pm in the Art Gallery
Described by
The New York Times
as “an impressive violinist [who plays] intimately and sweetly at one moment and with fearless enthusiasm at the next,” Leslie Shank leads an active musical life as a soloist and chamber musician. She has been a member of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for 27 years, 24 as assistant concertmaster. Shank gave her New York recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition and was twice re-engaged to perform on its Special Presentation Series. Ms. Shank is joined by Timothy Lovelace, piano, for this spectacular performance.
The concert is free and the community is cordially invited.
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Movie & A Meal:
First Daughter & The Black Snake + Dinner by The Sioux Chef
May 4, 4:30pm in the Social Hall
You don’t want to miss this extraordinary chance to celebrate film, food, and environmental justice with luminaries of the Minnesota art & activism community.
This event, part of our Green Faith discussion series, begins with a screening of
First Daughter and The Black Snake
, the riveting documentary by filmmaker Keri Pickett, which follows the efforts by Winona LaDuke, famed Native American environmentalist, former Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate, and executive director of Honor the Earth, in her battle to stop development of several pipelines that would cut across Indian reservations in northern Minnesota, jeopardizing food and water sources for the Ojibwe tribes living there.
Following the movie, you'll enjoy a buffet catered by Sean Sherman, The Sioux Chef, and then have an opportunity to interact with both Keri and Winona, as they share the passion of filmmaking and indigenous culture preservation.
4:30 movie screening
6:30 buffet dinner
7:00 interview and conversation with filmmaker Keri Pickett and activist Winona LaDuke
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Koinonia Conversations
April 28, 11:30am in the Art Gallery or
May 11, 10 am at Koinonia Retreat Center
There will be two opportunities for conversations to discuss our ownership of Koinonia Retreat Center. These conversations will be led by our Strategic Council for the purpose of determining if we are ready to authorize the Trustees to sell Koinonia. Although we don't have a firm offer, we have had some serious inquiries from a church group that is interested in buying Koinonia.
All members of Hennepin will receive a Case Statement in the mail the week of April 15 detailing Koinonia's history and our current reality, so you will have time to prepare for these conversations.
We want to hear all perspectives as we prepare to make a decision together on June 2, 2019 at a Church Conference.
If you are planning to go to Koinonia on May 11, please RSVP by emailing Dawn at dawn@haumc.org.
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CELEBRATE HOLY WEEK AT HENNEPIN
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Palm Sunday - April 14
8:30am Sacred Journey in the Art Gallery
10am Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
Traditional Worship with procession of children and palms
11:30am Lenten Reflections in the Sanctuary
Concert
featuring choir and orchestra
Maundy Thursday - April 18
7pm Worship Service in the Art Gallery
Worship service featuring washing of the feet and Communion
Good Friday - April 19
7pm Tenebrae Service in the Sanctuary
Commemorating the death of Jesus, led by our youth
Easter Sunday - April 21
7am Sunrise Jazz Worship Service in the Art Gallery
8-10:30am Easter Brunch in the Social Hall
$7 per person suggested donation; vegan and vegetarian options available
9am and 11am Festival of Resurrection in the Sanctuary
A celebration hope and life with soul-stirring grandeur and song!
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Easter Memorials and Contributions
Every Easter, Hennepin offers you the opportunity to honor or memorialize someone special through two sponsorship options. You can provide a beautiful lily plant to a homebound member of Hennepin, or you can sponsor the extraordinary music performed during Easter Sunday worship. Pick up a form to fill out at the reception desk.
Due by April 8
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Easter Egg-Stravaganza
April 13, 10am-12 noon in the Social Hall
Hennepin Kids Family Easter Celebration! Our community celebrates Easter with egg dyeing, egg-centric crafts, and an egg-cellent scavenger hunt!
Please RSVP by registering at haumc.org/register
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Purchase the New Worship Series Book:
Green Faith
Sundays in Carlson Hall
The worship series after Easter is "Green Faith: Mobilizing God's People to Save the Earth," inspired by the book by Fletcher Harper. Buy your copy on a Sunday in April in Carlson Hall for $17.
Connect with a LYFE Group to discuss the book with friends: contact Kathryn Johnson at kmj1960@aol.com.
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Life Adventures:
Food Chat with Lynne Rossetto Kasper
April 12, 12 noon in the Social Hall
Good news for Lynne Rossetto Kasper fans: she's back this year with her intriguing program. Now retired as longtime host of National Public Radio's show "The Splendid Table," Lynne Rossetto Kasper has authored several cookbooks, with an emphasis on Italian cuisine. During her career, she received both the James Beard Award and the Julia Child Award for her work as a food writer and food program host.
Prepaid reservations are due by noon, on Monday, April 8. Cost is $18 and includes lunch.
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The Theology of Legos
Do you have legos at home that are no longer being used by your kids or grandkids? If so, donate them to Hennepin Kids!
As we plan for summer Sundays, we are finding great curriculum materials that utilize legos for storytelling. We appreciate your generosity.
Donations may be left at the reception desk to the attention of Lynne Carroll.
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Progressive Christianity
April 14, 11:30am in the Harrison Room
All are welcome to this discussion group that meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.
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Pub Theology
April 18, 6pm at Sisyphus Brewing
712 Ontario Ave W #100, Minneapolis
This drop-in group of Hennepin members and friends age 21+ gathers monthly to discuss faith, life, stress, family, and so on with a tasty beverage. Invite a friend to join you, and learn more at haumc.org/pubtheology.
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Service+Cinema Lock-In for 7th-12th Graders: Avengers Endgame
7pm April 26 - TBD April 27 at HAUMC
Tickets go on sale for Avengers Endgame soon and we need a headcount NOW! Come for an evening of Feed My Starving Children, watching Avengers Infinity War, some sleep, then a matinee showing of Avengers Endgame on opening weekend! Parents are welcome 'cause you're awesome and we need drivers!
Register at haumc.org/register
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Senior High Mission Trip
August 4-9, Spirit Lake Ministry Center
This year’s mission trip for 8th-12th Graders is to North Dakota to work with Spirit Lake Ministry Center, a United Methodist partner of the Spirit Lake tribe. God is calling you to make a difference with this week of hands-on mission work. Cost: $350.
Down payment of $100 due April 21
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Register at haumc.org/register
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2019-2020 Foundation Scholarships
Need help paying your higher education costs? All members of the Hennepin community are invited to apply for 2019-2020 Foundation Scholarships. Awards are provided in amounts from $500 - $3,000 for students pursuing seminary, college or university degree programs, or other post-secondary degree or certificate programs.
Applicants may be Hennepin members, Hennepin employees or others with a connection to Hennepin. Priority order for consideration is given to applicants (1) seeking to be ordained, (2) preparing for other church-related work, (3) studying for careers in other non-profit human services fields, and (4) pursuing programs other than in categories (1) – (3). See application materials for more information.
Application forms and guidelines are available at the reception desk or by contacting Jack Fistler, 612-435-1321 or
jack@haumc.org
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Applications are due Friday, April 26, 2019
, with awards announced on or before May 15.
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Hear the Exciting News Update on Hennepin's Baiwalla, Sierra Leone Ministry
May 5, 11:15am in the Art Gallery
The Sierra Leone Mission Trip Team will share their experiences with meeting the 121 sponsored kids as well as their particular child. They will distribute thank you letters to sponsors from each child. They will show you pictures of the new secondary school and tell you about their work with Pastor Judith Banya, in planning for the September opening of the new secondary school, including the hiring of the new principal.
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LYFE Camp
June 23-29, Northern Pines Camp
7th-10th Graders experience the expansive love of Jesus in this diverse camp community. Explore who God created you to be in small groups and worship and let your identity as a beloved child of God shine. Feel the Spirit in games, crafts, sports, campfire, and Quest. Share the love of Christ with your friends in song, support, and lots of laughter. Carry on loved traditions and make new ones in our 65th summer together. Make the road by walking the next steps with Jesus on your spiritual journey at LYFE Camp, and may you Live Your Faith Everywhere!
Cost: $430. Scholarships available, contact Rev. Nate at nate@haumc.org. See more photos and testimonials at
lyfecamp.org
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Register at http://campminnesota.org
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Shadow & Reflection:
The Paintings of Thrace Soryn
Now-April 21, in Carlson Hall
The Fine Arts Team presents a Lenten exhibit of the work of local painter Thrace Soryn. Deeply reflective and contemplative, the exhibit can serve as an opportunity to practice "listening" to what a particular painting may have to say, as well as for the soul's reply, enriching this traditionally contemplative season.
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Lenten Reflections Concert
Palm Sunday, April 14, 11:30am in the Sanctuary
A “mash up” of two centuries, two musical geniuses, two musical languages, both representing spiritual liminal space, musical transformation and sublime beauty in one contemplative musical experience. Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem and choral & instrumental settings of Arvo Pärt are featured. The performance will include the HAUMC Sanctuary Choir, soloists, men’s ensemble and orchestra.
The concert is free and the public is cordially invited.
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Salon se Lève
April 14, 2:30pm in the Art Gallery
Proudly featuring again the amazing artistry of cellist Nygel Witherspoon, first prize winner of the Schubert Club Competition and the Minnesota Orchestra Concerto Competition among others, and pianist Joseph Caswell, another prize winner of the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition, who will be presenting a very special “integrated arts” performance celebrating the beautiful HAUMC Art Gallery with Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The concert is free and all are welcome.
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Soul Café
April 28, 7pm in the Art Gallery
Save the Date to experience a program celebrating beloved poet Mary Oliver, who passed away this past January. The music will all be from women jazz composers and there will be guest artists joining us. More details to follow.
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ACTIVISM & OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
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Missional Parking on Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday, let’s welcome our guests by reserving the Hennepin parking lot for them! If you need to park near the building entrance in one of the handicapped parking spaces, please don’t hesitate to do so. But if you can park elsewhere, we invite you to choose one of these alternatives:
- Park for free in the Walker Art Center parking ramp. On your way out of worship, pick up a parking voucher from an usher, or at the front desk. Use the voucher as you exit the ramp.
- Park in the Alliiance parking lot just across Groveland Avenue at 400 Clifton Avenue.
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Easter Volunteer Opportunities
We are recruiting people to provide radical hospitality during Easter worship on April 21 in the Sanctuary at 9am and 11am. If you have the gift of helping, this is your sweet spot!
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Old School by Steeple People
Come visit us at Old School by Steeple People, 1901 Nicollet Avenue S. 612 871-8305. We are open Wednesday through Sunday from 11am-6pm. Look for our van in the church parking lot after Easter. Shop! Donate! Volunteer! We can't wait to see you!
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Roadside Kindness Kit Mini Drive
April 15-28, The East Entry
A Roadside Kindness Packet is a little gift of love that goes a long way. In it, persons who stand at the side of the road or stop you on the sidewalk to ask for money, find information about where meals can be had, or where in-depth assistance is available. They also get an energy bar to help them make it to the nearest help center.
Homelessness has increased 10% in Minnesota since the last population count in 2015. Because of this fact, and in anticipation of increased panhandling due to warmer weather, the Dignity Center is launching a drive for the contents of the Roadside Kindness Kit. We need lip balms, travel sized lotions and granola bars to help us create several thousand of these kits. You can help us by initiating a drive for these items in your family, workplace or ministry/social group. Once you donate these items, we will assemble them into Roadside Kindness Kits and have them available for wide distribution. Your little gift of love will help lots of persons who need that comprehensive assistance.
Roadside Kindness Kits provide a practical means to acknowledge the need of a fellow human, and to aid without doing damage. Each kit represents a new opportunity to be a blessing to someone in need.
The following is a list of items which can be purchased or collected:
Granola Bars
Travel size lotion
Chapstick/lip balm
Sandwich size Ziploc bags
Items should be delivered to the East Entry by Sunday, April 28
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Emma Norton Opening Doors Dinner
April 25, 5pm at the Intercontinental, St. Paul Riverfront
Emma Norton, a national mission institute of UMW, provides transformational housing for women and families on their journey of recovery from homelessness, mental illness, and/or chemical dependency. Please join us in helping to open more doors for women and families at Emma Norton’s annual silent auction and dinner. Join 300+ supporters and partners for an evening of community, philanthropy, and celebration!
Individual tickets are $50 ($60 after April 1)
. Sponsor a table for 8 for $750 and provide extra support for Emma Norton residents--and be recognized at the event.
For questions, please contact Shawna Nelsen at snelsen@emmanorton.org or 651-251-2632.
Register online at www.emmanorton.org/event.htm
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EarthKeepers Training
April 25-28, at Koinonia Retreat Center
The God who created us now calls us to participate in healing relationships between people and the earth, and between the peoples of the earth. How are you being called to lead in this healing? Join the United Methodist Hopeful EarthKeepers movement, as we work together to steward a more just and sustainable world!
EarthKeepers work within their communities by:
- Lifting up the importance of caring for creation at the heart of our Christian faith;
- Responding creatively to ecological devastation and climate change;
- Working for justice so that all communities have access to clean water, clean air, clean energy, healthy food, and green space.
Who are EarthKeepers?
- EarthKeepers are United Methodists who are keenly aware of the ecological challenges in our world today and feel called to be part of a movement to transform the world. They work with their congregations and communities in many different ways: for example, growing community gardens, advocating for renewable energy policies, working for environmental justice, creating liturgy, or leading discussion groups on creation theology.
- EarthKeepers are laity and clergy, students, part-time and full-time workers, and retirees. They may have a vocation that allows them to focus on caring for creation during their regular work hours, or they may choose to volunteer their time.
Expectations
- EarthKeepers participate in three days of intensive training in theology and community organizing.
- EarthKeepers help others understand how caring for God’s creation is a core part of our identity as Christians.
- EarthKeepers provide leadership for a community project or advocacy campaign that aims to transform our relationship to God, the earth, and one another. Come with a project of your own, or join with others in new or ongoing projects.
- EarthKeepers meet quarterly with a regional cohort for worship and ongoing support and training.
Cost:
- $250 early bird / $275 after March 1 (staying at camp).
- $125 / $150 (commuter).
- $40 / $50 (Saturday only, for current EarthKeepers, includes lunch and supper).
Deadline: April 17
Questions, contact: Rev. Susan Mullin at susan.mullin@comcast.net
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Conference-Wide Spirit Lake Mission Trip
July 7-12, Sheyenne, ND
The Spirit Lake Reservation, located in east-central North Dakota on the south shores of Devil Lake, is home to more than 6,000 people in the Dakota tribes of Pabakse, Sisseton, and Wahpeton bands. Established in 1867 via treaty, those who call the reservation home live in extreme poverty and struggle with incessant flooding and an unemployment rate of over 43%.
This summer, make it your family’s mission to live life through service with them and join us on a conference-wide mission trip led by Hennepin Avenue UMC. The Spirit Lake Ministry Center offers comfortable accommodations and a variety of meaningful service work for volunteers of all ages as well as opportunities to engage with the Spirit Lake community and culture. Total cost is $200 per person (includes lodging, food, and transportation). For questions or information contact Becky Boland at bolandbecky@gmail.com. To learn more about the Spirit Lake Ministry Center, visit www.spiritlakeministrycenter.org.
Register at https://mnumc-reg.brtapp.com/SpiritLakeMission19
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Registrations and deposits are due April 30
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Knit or Crochet a Welcome Scarf
The United Methodist General Conference is coming to Minneapolis in 2020. The Dakotas-Minnesota Area has a wonderful opportunity to come together to provide hospitality for this conference. We intend to greet every delegate, dignitary, bishop, and spouse with a handmade scarf. That’s where you come in! We are inviting United Methodists in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to help us knit or crochet 10,000 purple scarves. We are calling this initiative the Lydia Project, after Lydia in Acts 16. To find detailed instructions, plus knitting and crochet patterns, visit
minnesotaumc.org/lydiaproject
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Questions? Contact: Karen Andrew at karenandrew257@gmail.com.
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Serve Radical Hospitality at Hennepin's Sunday Brunch
Who doesn't love brunch? At Hennepin, it is a time for radical hospitality, family, friendship and great food! Share these blessings with our community by volunteering to help serve brunch in our social hall. All ages of volunteers are welcome, so your whole family can serve together.
Sign up at haumc.org/breakfast
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Looking for a Swahili Speaker to Help with Teaching Cultural Literacy of USA
Do you speak Swahili or know of someone who does? Our Refugee Resettlement Team needs to find a volunteer who speaks Swahili to help us communicate with our refugee family from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contact Nancy Goodhouse at 434-409-6886 or nancygoodhouse@gmail.com or Ann Carlson at 763-464-6850 or carlsonaj99@gmail.com.
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Twin Cities District UMW Spring Gathering --
Eliminating Institutional Racism: School to Prison Pipeline
April 27, 8:30am at Lake Harriet UMC
4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis
Cindy Sauferer, UMW national director will speak on moving decision makers to address criminalization of children/youth of color and reduce racial disparities in school discipline.
8:30am Emma Norton Tea
9:20am Worship, Welcome/Greetings
10:30am Speaker
11:45am Lunch
1:00pm closing
Registration by April 19. Cost $12 with lunch, $5 donation for speaker only. Childcare is available.
Registration forms can be found on the kiosk in Carlson Hall
Call or email Marge Spannaus with questions: 612 825 2806 or margespannaus@gmail.com
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Save the Date!
Green Faith & Responding to Climate Change: An Evening with Brian McLaren
May 12, 7pm in the Sanctuary
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church will host a free evening event on responding to climate change from a faith perspective with Brian McLaren. With writing heralded by the New York Times as “Provocative and powerful,” McLaren is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” around issues such as climate change. He reminds us that “Global warming is a matter of science, economics, and politics, but it is a spiritual, moral, religious issue - a matter of the head but also the heart, and we who are people of faith must acknowledge that we need to be part of the solution but too often many of us have been part of the problem. …We people of faith need to learn and passionately tell a new and healing story, a bigger, better, more gracious story.”
McLaren will moderate a panel of local leaders who are helping Minnesotans respond to the worldwide challenge of climate change through science and faith. Panelists include:
- Mark Seeley, climatologist; retired University of Minnesota professor
- Kelly Sherman-Conroy, Minister of Social Justice & Advocacy, Nativity Lutheran Church
- Halston Sleets, board member of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
- Alina Yaman, pipeline resistance coordinator, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
6:00pm Doors Open
7:00pm Keynote Speaker
8:00pm Intermission
8:15pm Panel
9:15pm Panel Concludes
This event also features several local environmental justice organizations for attendees to connect with in-person and a pop-up bookstore featuring works by Brian McLaren and other environmental justice and environmental theology materials.
Free general admission tickets are available now at https://hennepinmclaren.eventbrite.com
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Spring is for the Birds - Birding Retreat
April 25-26, at Koinonia Retreat Center
KOINONIA NEEDS YOU! We need you to attend the “Spring is for the Birds” Retreat on April 25-26 (Thursday – Friday) hosted by HAUMC’s own Bob Janssen – the birdman of Minnesota. Meet the robins, chickadees, wrens, nuthatches and eagles, then stay over on Friday night, or drive out on Saturday, for Koinonia’s Spring Work Day on Saturday, April 27– a free event for volunteers of all abilities.
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Koinonia is open every day of the year to host your personal, family, shared interest or business retreats. The best way you can support our Retreat Center is to attend events, or even better -- schedule your own retreat! Call Kevin or Teresa at 888-801-7746 to check availability, and program Director Mark Peterson at mark.peterson@haumc.org to share your idea for a fun retreat.
Please pray for this week's guests: Youth Works Inc. Training Retreat; Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation Retreat; Village Ranch Board Meeting; Association of 1st Universalist Women’s Retreat
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Tai Chi Classes Now Being Offered
Beginning January 15
Tuesdays, 11am in the Church of Youth Room
Thursdays, 6pm in the Church of Youth Room
Saturdays, 2:30pm in the Church of Youth Room
Classes will be offered by Rondi Atkin, who has been doing tai chi for more than half her life. She began studying tai chi in the mid-1980s while living in Chicago under the instruction of Elizabeth Wenscott. In 1994 she was awarded an instructor certificate in Tai Chi Ch'uan by Master Hsu Fun Yuer and started her own school in Chicago. In 1999, she returned to Minnesota and in 2004, she resumed her tai chi studies at Twin Cities T'ai-chi Ch'uan. She currently studies under Sifu Ray Hayward at Mindful Motion T'ai-Chi Academy.
Tai chi involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. Tai chi is a noncompetitive, self-paced system of gentle physical exercise and stretching. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion. If you are looking for more balance, flexibility, and strength in body, mind, and spirit, then come try a class.
For more information, contact Rondi Atkin at rondi@taichiinthehood.com. The cost is based on a sliding scale and the first class is free.
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